Home & Garden: Ladybug Costume

Ladybug Costume

Find out how to make this simple yet creative Halloween costume. Follow these directions submitted by 44aloha and you can dress up as a ladybug.

Home & Garden: Making Your Own Dolls and Stuffed Animals

Making Your Own Dolls and Stuffed Animals

People have been making dolls for thousands of years. In fact, archeologists have found dolls in Egypt dating back to 2000 BC. Thousands of years later and dolls are still very popular. So, why is doll making so popular and more importantly, how do you make a doll or a stuffed animal? Keep reading t

Home & Garden: Book Review: Tinkerlab Hands-On Guide

Book Review: Tinkerlab Hands-On Guide

I'm happy to be sharing a fabulous new kid's craft book by Rachelle Doorley, Tinkerlab, a hands-on guide for little inventors! It's full of creative ideas for kids to tinker around with! 55+ crafts and projects for your little ones to explore and discover!

Home & Garden: Model Steam Trains - The Popularity of the 0, 00 and H0 Trains

Model Steam Trains - The Popularity of the 0, 00 and H0 Trains

When you're looking for model steam trains, you'll often see that they come in big outdoor gauges, usually in the 0 and H0 scale models. However, the Hornby Railways company produces the live steam engine (locomotive) in the 00 scale too. When you're looking at other model train compa

Home & Garden: Mickey and Donald Trailer Cookie Jar w/S & P's

Mickey and Donald Trailer Cookie Jar w/S & P's

Disney Auctions limited edition jars are popular and they too can bring more than double the issue price for the more popular characters.Shown here are limited edition jars from Disney Auctions. Jars are typically limited to a production run of 250 or 350. Occasionally Disney will offer a prototype

Home & Garden: Philately - How to Preserve Your Stamps

Philately - How to Preserve Your Stamps

Every stamp collector is faced with the need to properly handle and preserve the items regardless of the reason for the stamp collection. There is no way you can preserve them without the proper tools as well as the knowledge on how to go about the handling and preservation process. This therefore m

Home & Garden: Lapidary Shows

Lapidary Shows

Lapidary shows are a great resource for stocking up on jewelry making supplies.

Home & Garden: Types of Antique Vases

Types of Antique Vases

Antique vases are highly collectible objects of art and home decor. Depending on its country of origin, its style and the material from which it is made, an antique vase can be quite expensive and will fetch a high price at an auction. Many cultures and societies throughout history had their own met

Home & Garden: Customized Bedding And Window Treatments

Customized Bedding And Window Treatments

Establishing and decorating a bedroom can be a fun and rewarding practical experience. Working with custom bedding and curtains to match can make the area search as though it had been decorated by a professional with no the extra cost.

Home & Garden: Craft Scissors - How to Choose the Perfect Pair

Craft Scissors - How to Choose the Perfect Pair

Choosing craft scissors deserves special thought and consideration. You will be looking for different qualities depending on what craft you want them for. It is not a case of one pair fits all although you are advised to get one or two pairs that are multi-purpose.

Home & Garden: Different Spheres of Collecting Ancient Art Online

Different Spheres of Collecting Ancient Art Online

It is very important to collect art forms in various sections to bring diversification in your collection. You need to access various territories just to bring diversity in your authentic collection."

Home & Garden: Fish Quilt Pattern - How to Choose the Right Pattern

Fish Quilt Pattern - How to Choose the Right Pattern

Let me walk you through the process of how I created my fish quilt pattern and how you can find or create a pattern that will be right for you. The process of creating a beautiful quilt starts with finding the right pattern. To do this, ask yourself why you are making the quilt.

Home & Garden: Brazilian Embroidery

Brazilian Embroidery

It will always follow that when anything is named after a country, it means as the source of origin. For Brazilian embroidery, the case is not totally applicable however, in one way or another; there is some truth to the sense. The real account is actually due to the rayon threads that come in diver

Home & Garden: Making Animal Beads With Polymer Clay

Making Animal Beads With Polymer Clay

It's very easy to mold polymer clay just by pressing and giving shape with hands. So, practically you can make any kind of animal bead with howsoever complex structure. After all, not all animals are straight lines and circles! However, if you wonder how perfectly will you be able to mold the c

Home & Garden: 2004 Topps Original Baseball Cards

2004 Topps Original Baseball Cards

Packed with the encased, serial-numbered buy-back cards of hall-of-fame players like Willie Mays, Nolan Ryan, Frank Robinson, Yogi Berra, Tom Seaver and Dennis Eckersley, just to name a few, every $49.99 pack of 2004 Topps Originals is an event waiting to happen.